Elson Elizaga wrote -
>>>>Occasionally, I make pretty pictures. But in recent years, I've come to apply the concept of literary conflict to my photography. Conflict implies the presence of opposites. Like the positive and negative poles of magnetism and electricity, these opposites, when placed nearby, create tension.<<<
Once I saw on TV an interview with the great actress Isabella Rosellini. She was asked about her beauty, which was used widely to sell cosmetics. A little embarrassed, she said that the secret of beauty was imperfection. In her case, it was that famous gap in her front teeth (Cindy Crawford's mole, etc).
The mordancy of an imperfection on an otherwise stunning face brought in asymmetry, transience, tension, dynamism, humanity...all the things that signify life.
--- Luis
